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N. BARRY, Jr. FIRE HYDRANT.

N0.j606,500. Patented June 28,1898.

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FIRE HYDRANT. ,500. Patented June Z8, 1898.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,500, dated June 28,1898. Application filed September 5, 1896. Renewed May 11,1898. $erialNo. 680,365. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS BARRY, J12, of Muscatine, in the county ofMuscatine and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fire-Hydrants; and

I hereby declare that the following is afull,

clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, whichform part of this specification.

This invention is an improvement in firehydrants of the kind shown inLetters Patent granted to James Roby, No. 316,830, of April 28, 1885,and No. 329,339, of October 27, 1885, which throw large quantities ofwater direct from the hydrant-nozzle without interposition of hose. Suchhydrants are designed to be located in lumber-yards, near mills andother large buildings, or where large quantities of inflammablematerials are stored, so that in case of fire a great volume of watercan be thrown thereupon. The objections to these patented hydrants whenset upon the ground are that the stream of water is liable to bedeflected by surrounding obstructions and the operators view is hinderedso he cannot properly direct the flow.

My invention is designed to overcome objections heretofore existing inthese various forms of hydrants; and it consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter claimed, andillustrated in the drawings, in which I Figure 1 is a perspective viewof the towerhydrant. Fig. 2 is a-top plan view thereof.

A designates an upright water-pipe connected at base to an undergroundwater-pipe (not shown) controlled by an underground valve (not shown)like ordinary fire-hydrants, the valve being operated by the rod B,which has hand-wheels b b on it, so that it can be operated from theground or from the towerplatform. Near the upper end of the pipe is acollar 0, having socket-pieces 0 cast or otherwise attached to it, andinto each socketpiece isfitted the upper end of a stay pipe or rod D,which inclines outward and downward and is anchored at bottom in thefoundation-wall Z of the platform, as shown. Below wardly and outwardly,their upper ends being fixed in sockets or union-castings d on stays D,as shown, thus forming a stiff and rigid non-vibratable structure ortower for supporting the hydrant. A large circular rod orpipe Gissupported on braces g, rising from the unions d on stays D, as shown,and a platform is supported on rod G and collar 0 in any suitablemanner, and a railing I, made of pipe,

may surround the platform,as shown. Access can be had to the platform bya ladder formed of uprights J and rungs j, as shown. The whole towerstructure or pipe-support is preferably made of tubing, as shown inthedrawings, for lightness and strength.

To the upper end of pipe A a head K is attached, and into this head isscrewed or otherwise secured a short pipe-joint L. 011 this joint ismounted the first curved pipe joint M of the nozzle, which is curved onan arc of about forty-five degrees, or one-eighth of a circle, and itsupper end is slightly smaller than its lower end, and on it is swiveledthe second curved joint Q of the nozzle.

To the contracted outer end of joint Q the straight nozzle R of anysuitable construction is secured. The base of pipe M is provided with anexterior worm-gear flange, which is engaged by a worm S on a shaft S,journaled in a bracket-casting 8", attached ,to pipe L, and providedwith hand-wheels s, as shown, by which pipe M and the parts supportedthereon can be rotated on pipe L. Pipe Q is is similarly provided at itsbase with a wormgear flange Q which is engaged by a worm T on a shaft T,journaled in a bracket-casting T fixed to pipe M, and provided with Vhand-wheels t, as shown, by which joint Q, can be rotated on pipe-jointM, so as to turn the nozzle any angle from the horizontal to thevertical. u By this means the operator can direct the stream of water toany point desired with ease.

To pipe A,below collarE,is attached a jacket U, having a number of shortradial pipes or nipples u, provided with cut-off valves U. By this meansif the ordinary water-supply to the hydrant-is insufficient, either involume or pressure, additional water can be supplied by connecting hoseto nozzles a and pumping water thereto, and by this means the supply ofwater from several engines can be united in one large stream, so as tooperate effectively upon an otherwise-uncontro1-' lable conflagration.

Having thus described my invention, What I therefore claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent thereon, is

1. In a stationary tower-hydrant, the combination of the fixedstand-pipe, the upper and lower collars thereon, and the base, with thestays connected to the upper collar and anchored in the base, and thebraces connected to the lower collar and to the stays at' points abovethe collar and above the lower ends of the stays, substantially as andfor the; purpose set forth.

2. In a stationary tower-hydrant, the com" bination of the fixedstand-pipe,.the upper and lowercollars thereon, and the-base; with. thestays connected to the upper collarland anchored in the base, and thebraces con-I nected to the lower collar and to the stays? above-thebase; with the platform-support G5 above the stays, and the bracesconnectingj said platform-support to the stays, substan-gl tially asdescribed.

3. In a tower-hydrant, the combination ofi the base, the fixedstand-pipe Aa'isingthere-i from, ithe collar C having-sockets c, thein-i clined stays D, having nipples 01 connected to-sockets c at top andto the base at bottom;

with the collar E having sockets e; the braces]? interposed between andconnected to sockets e and nipples d; and the adjustable nozzle on theupper end of pipe A, all substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. In a tower-hydrant, the combination of the base, the fixed uprightWater-pipe A, the collar 0 having sockets c at the upper end of saidpipe; the inclined stays D having nipples cl secured at top to sockets cand at bottom to the base; the collar E on the pipe below collar- Ohaving sockets e, and the braces F interposed between and secured tosockets e and nipples d; with the platform-supporting 'I'Il'lg'G, thebraces 9 connected to nipples d and supporting-ring G and the adjustable nozzle-on the upper end of the pipe, all substantially'as andfor the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I afiix my signaturein presence-of two witnesses.

NICHOLAS B ARRY, JR. In presence of- ED. :H. SOHOTT, J. A. MORION.

